H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 15-1244Rank #19Updated Jun 2026

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Network and Computer Systems Administrators (SOC 15-1244). Based on 83,967 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$105,051
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$90,000
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$126,086
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
1,154
Rank #19 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I2,134$63,762$71,822$85,000
Level II14,458$77,584$86,580$100,000
Level III5,483$96,000$107,474$125,000
Level IV2,868$112,403$126,318$147,900
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$63,762$71,822$85,000
Level II$77,584$86,580$100,000
Level III$96,000$107,474$125,000
Level IV$112,403$126,318$147,900

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1TX12,439$75,941
2CA11,518$86,798
3NJ6,678$71,000
4IL4,219$72,010
5NY3,854$75,000
6GA3,345$74,568
7VA3,000$78,655
8NC2,861$78,520
9FL2,765$70,000
10WA2,620$84,074

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$60k
FY2012$63k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$67k
FY2015$67k
FY2016$66k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$80k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$93k
FY2022$94k
FY2023$95k
FY2024$95k
FY2025$99k
FY2026$105k
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